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Homo sapiens Gene: PCDHB15
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-50278.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PCDHB15
Gene Name protocadherin beta 15
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000113248
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-50280
protocadherin beta 15
IDBP-808040
protocadherin beta 15
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 5:141245349-141249365
Strand Forward strand
Band q31.3
Transcripts
ENST00000231173 ENSP00000231173
ENST00000623671 ENSP00000485504
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 1 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Biological Process
GO:0007155 cell adhesion
GO:0007156 homophilic cell adhesion
GO:0007399 nervous system development
Cellular Component
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000073591
View Gene Order
ENSBTAG00000039067
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene
RefSeq NM_018935
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS4257
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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